Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,367 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1906 Announcement on the success of the business.[1]
1911 Plans passed for A. N. Oliver of the Barnstaple Cabinet Co for new premises in Newport Road.[2]
1924 New company formed as Shapland and Petter (1924) to take over Shapland and Petter (of Raleigh Cabinet Works incorporated 1894) and the Barnstaple Cabinet Co. Combined works employ 350 men.[3]
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